<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  Dave</DIV> <DIV>   Whadidit do tonally dude?</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Here's one way smooth out that tenor bass break on a Steinway M.  The first<BR>photo shows mass loading at the end of the tenor bridge.  A small hole was<BR>drilled in the extension to receive a screw.  A portion of the brass weights<BR>needed to be ground off to miss the plate to allow seating on the small<BR>bridge extension.  Attaching from underneath is more difficult because of<BR>the postion of the bracing directly below.  The second photo shows slightly<BR>less mass loading at the end of the bass bridge where there was more access<BR>from underneath.  Restringing the bass would have helped a bit too but<BR>wasn't in the cards for this particular piano.  All are easily removeable<BR>should you have the need.  <BR><BR>David Love</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">See what's free at <A title="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target="_blank">AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>